YOKOHAMA—Nozomu Kobayashi, who heads a Mitsui & Co. affiliate, is preparing to launch a clothing brand aimed at supporting African cotton farmers by working in QR codes that allow shoppers to see how ...

NEW YORK — Old images of African Americans picking cotton remind many of the oppression suffered by generations of Black slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation. For Black Americans in particular, ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - America has a complicated history with cotton. Before the civil war, the plant brought great prosperity to the country accounting for more than half its exports. But that ...

HONG KONG — One after another, Africa’s trade ministers rose to the podium and made their pleas to the World Trade Organization. “Our countries cannot be bled at this rate for a long time,” said ...